I was just wondering, does anyone have a clue as to why the character of Carl was never heard from again? Florida returned from Arizona and no one mentions Carl???? I have always thought that I missed something in an episode but now that I am watching the marathon, I don't see any mention of him???? Did they think we would never ask or wonder what happened??? This couldn't happen nowadays, there would surely be some kind of explanation.

I was just wondering, does anyone have a clue as to why the character of Carl was never heard from again? Florida returned from Arizona and no one mentions Carl???? I have always thought that I missed something in an episode but now that I am watching the marathon, I don't see any mention of him???? Did they think we would never ask or wonder what happened??? This couldn't happen nowadays, there would surely be some kind of explanation.


florida did mention Carl's name in the first episode of season 6, she told michael that her and carl had bought a certain gift for him. I didn't see the point of his name being mentioned if his absence wasn;t going to be explained

mabye he died and went up and had fight with james about steeling his woman lol.or he could disapperd with the other vanishing tv charactors

Florida came home for Thelma's wedding and there was really no explanation of Carl .(Whether he lived or died or they separated.)

I always assumed that he died.

I always assumed that he died.

Me too. Wasn't he diagnosed with lung cancer in an episode?

Me too. Wasn't he diagnosed with lung cancer in an episode?
Yea I think it was on one of his last shows.

Yea I think it was on one of his last shows.


So I think the writers were assuming the fans would know that he eventually died. Maybe they didn't announce that Carl died because they already killed off James.

So I think the writers were assuming the fans would know that he eventually died. Maybe they didn't announce that Carl died because they already killed off James.
Its possible they didn't want to make a big deal out of killing off another father figure. I haven't seen these episodes in a long time but I seem to recall that when Esther Roll left the series they wrote her out by having her and Carl move to another location that was better suited for his health. Then when she came back without him it was probably easy to just not mention him.

I'll bet when he lived in Arizona he was a hot Carl.

She must have left the ghetto when her and Carl left. Why did she come back and why didn't she take her kids with her?

She must have left the ghetto when her and Carl left. Why did she come back and why didn't she take her kids with her?


That was weird, considering how overprotective she was of them.

when florida left with carl he was never mentioned again when she came back for the last season her character didn't seem the same to me it all seemed like a last attempt to save the show and it didn't work.

She must have left the ghetto when her and Carl left. Why did she come back and why didn't she take her kids with her?


Florida wanted them to come to Arizona. Remember when J.J was on the phone and he told Thelma and Michael that she wants them all to come to Arizona? Then J.J told her he can;t go because of his job, Thelma told her that she couldn;t go because she had to finish school or something. So Michael was on his way to Arizona and then when he was about to leave, he turned around and said he wanted to stay with everybody else. So that's the explanation for Florida being in Arizona without her kids.

Florida wanted them to come to Arizona. Remember when J.J was on the phone and he told Thelma and Michael that she wants them all to come to Arizona? Then J.J told her he can;t go because of his job, Thelma told her that she couldn;t go because she had to finish school or something. So Michael was on his way to Arizona and then when he was about to leave, he turned around and said he wanted to stay with everybody else. So that's the explanation for Florida being in Arizona without her kids.
Its not much of one since the whole purpose of the show was getting out of the ghetto. I read that Esther Rolle wasn't to happy with the way Florida just left her kids either. That may have been one of the reasons she decided to come back.

Carl moved to Walnut Grove, Minnesota and was a boxer for a short time. He later quit boxing and later bought a farm. He sometimes helped out at the blind school in town and after much chasing around finally convinced Hester Sue, a teacher at the school, to become his girlfriend. :crazy: :happyface

Its not much of one since the whole purpose of the show was getting out of the ghetto. I read that Esther Rolle wasn't to happy with the way Florida just left her kids either. That may have been one of the reasons she decided to come back.



That sounds confusing because the Florida character was only in arizona because esther rolle left the show-lol